WHO global framework to prepare for country introduction of new TB vaccines for adults and adolescents

This framework intends to facilitate the planning, investments and preparation for the rapid introduction and scale-up of TB vaccines for adults and adolescents so that they areavailable, in that new vaccines are manufactured with sufficient, sustainable and timely supply; accessible, with equitable delivery aimed at all who could benefit; and accepted, so that end-users, health care workers, and policy-makers´ requirements are met. The framework supports and is aligned with the vision of the WHO’s End TB Strategy to “achieve a world free of TB, with zero deaths, disease and suffering due to the disease” through rapid and equitable access to and distribution of new adolescent and adult TB vaccines.